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Walter D. Willms publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter D. Willms sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 147 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Walter D. Willms D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter D. Willms sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Walter D. Willms is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics of Walter D. Willms's work involve Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fire effects on ecosystems, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include The Science of The Total Environment, The Innovation, Rangeland Ecology & Management, Canadian Journal of Soil Science, and Agronomy Journal.

  • Toward a sustainable grassland ecosystem worldwide (2022) in The Innovation
  • Dominant species' dominant role and spatial stability are enhanced with increasing stocking rate (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Light to moderate long-term grazing enhances ecosystem carbon across a broad climatic gradient in northern temperate grasslands (2023) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Vegetation Response of a Dry Mixed Prairie to a Single Spring or Fall Burn (2021) in Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Influence of crested wheatgrass on soil water repellency in comparison to native grass mix and annual spring wheat cropping (2021) in Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Walter D. Willms has collaborated multiple times with coauthors including Guodong Han, J.J. Miller, M.L. Owen, C. F. Drury, and D. S. Chanasyk, indicating ongoing partnerships in their research endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Reconciliation of Perception and Experimental Evidence

    D. D. Briske;J. D. Derner;J. R. Brown;S. D. Fuhlendorf

  • Effect of grazing intensity on carbon and nitrogen in soil and vegetation in a meadow steppe in Inner Mongolia

    Guodong Han;Xiying Hao;Mengli Zhao;Mingjun Wang

  • Influence of historic sheep grazing on vegetation and soil properties of a Desert Steppe in Inner Mongolia

    Chunli Li;Chunli Li;Xiying Hao;Mengli Zhao;Guodong Han

  • Quantifying drylands' drought resistance and recovery: the importance of drought intensity, dominant life history and grazing regime

    Jan C. Ruppert;Keith Harmoney;Zalmen Henkin;Hennie A. Snyman

  • EFFECT OF FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF GRAZING ON FESCUE GRASSLAND SOILS

    Johan F. Dormaar;Walter D. Willms

  • Quantification and simulation of surface runoff from fescue grassland watersheds

    D.S Chanasyk;E Mapfumo;W Willms

  • Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems.

    David D. Briske;Mengli Zhao;Guodong Han;Changbai Xiu

  • Effects of water quality on cattle performance

    Walter D. Willms;Orin R. Kenzie;Tim A. Mcallister;Doug Colwell

  • Harbage production following litter removal on Alberta native grasslands

    W.D. Willms;S. Smoliak;A.W. Bailey

  • Soil moisture and plant growth responses to litter and defoliation impacts in Parkland grasslands

    E.S. Deutsch;E.W. Bork;W.D. Willms

  • Effects of Stocking Rate on a Rough Fescue Grassland Vegetation

    W.D. Willms;S. Smoliak;J.F. Dormaar

  • Vegetation and soil responses to short-duration grazing on fescue grasslands.

    Johan F. Dormaar;Sylvester Smoliak;Walter D. Willms

  • Grazing and climate effects on soil organic carbon concentration and particle-size association in northern grasslands

    Daniel B. Hewins;Mark P. Lyseng;Donald F. Schoderbek;Mike Alexander

  • Influence of litter on herbage production in the mixed prairie.

    Walter D. Willms;Sean M. McGinn;Johan F. Dormaar

  • Toward a sustainable grassland ecosystem worldwide

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  • Stability of grazed patches on rough fescue grasslands.

    W.D. Willms;J.F. Dormaar;G.B. Schaalje

  • Effect of native prairie, crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum (l.) Gaertn.) and Russian wildrye (Elymus junceus Fisch.) on soil chemical properties.

    Johan F. Dormaar;M. Anne Naeth;Walter D. Willms;David S. Chanasyk

  • Response of the mixed prairie to protection from grazing

    Walter D. Willms;Johan F. Dormaar;Barry W. Adams;Harriet E. Douwes

  • Influence of streambank fencing with a cattle crossing on riparian health and water quality of the Lower Little Bow River in Southern Alberta, Canada

    J. Miller;D.S. Chanasyk;T. Curtis;T. Entz

  • Simulating daily soil water under foothills fescue grazing with the soil and water assessment tool model (Alberta, Canada)

    Emmanuel Mapfumo;Emmanuel Mapfumo;David S. Chanasyk;Walter D. Willms

  • Branch growth of riparian cottonwoods: a hydrologically sensitive dendrochronological tool

    Jennifer Willms;S. B. Rood;Walter Willms;Melvin Tyree

  • Effect of grazing and abandoned cultivation on a stipa-bouteloua community

    Johan F. Dormaar;Barry W. Adams;Walter D. Willms

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward W. Bork
Edward W. Bork University of Alberta
Xiying Hao
Xiying Hao Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Kris M. Havstad
Kris M. Havstad Agricultural Research Service
Francis J. Larney
Francis J. Larney Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Craig F. Drury
Craig F. Drury Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta
David D. Briske
David D. Briske Texas A&M University
Justin D. Derner
Justin D. Derner Agricultural Research Service
Sean M. McGinn
Sean M. McGinn Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Tim A. McAllister
Tim A. McAllister Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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